We visited Ordsall Hall this week, and a short drive away is the Lowry Outlet Mall. We headed there to take a look around and found that they had a ‘bear hunt’ themed trail taking place. The children got a leaflet from the welcome desk which asks them a number of questions, the answers to…
Bear Hunt at Lowry Outlet Mall
Visiting Ordsall Hall
Last week the children and I headed to Salford Museum and Art Gallery. We had intended to combine the trip with a visit to Ordsall Hall, but due to a problem with my car, we couldn’t make the trip to Ordsall Hall, something we rectified today. Ordsall Hall isn’t a place I have ever been…
Hare Hill National Trust
I had hoped that the summer break would give me the opportunity to have a bit of downtime – time to reset and just enjoy the children without the pressure of planning work and getting through things. We have managed to have lots of rest time, but I think we have still managed to get…
Portrait of an Artist Books
*Gifted Items A few months back the children studied artists as part of their Speaking and Listening group. Emma chose Frida Kahlo for her project so when the team at Quarto asked me if I’d like to take a look at two books from the Portrait of an Artist series I was keen to do…
Dunham Massey – National Trust
We recently joined the National Trust and I have been busy looking for places we can get to. There are a fair few places locally so the children have been looking in the handbook and telling me which they would like to get to. First on their list was Dunham Massey. Dunham Massey is a…
Salford Museum & Art Gallery
A week or two ago I posted a round-up of great places to visit in and around Greater Manchester, one of those places was Salford Museum & Art Gallery. It’s not a place I had been to but was recommended by another blogger. I decided it was somewhere that was worth a trip out to,…
